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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue 3, Pages 1458-1466Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003428
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- National Institutes of Health [HL071837, GM083016, GM53552, GM093878]
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This study examined the effect of TLR2 activation by its specific ligand, Pam3CSK4, on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Mice (n = 8/group) were treated with Pam3CSK4 1 h before cerebral ischemia (60 min), followed by reperfusion (24 h). Pam3CSK4 was also given to the mice (n = 8) 30 min after ischemia. Infarct size was determined by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining. The morphology of neurons in brain sections was examined by Nissl staining. Pam3CSK4 administration significantly reduced infarct size by 55.9% (p < 0.01) compared with untreated I/R mice. Therapeutic treatment with Pam3CSK4 also significantly reduced infarct size by 55.8%. Morphologic examination showed that there was less neuronal damage in the hippocampus of Pam3CSK4-treated mice compared with untreated cerebral I/R mice. Pam3CSK4 treatment increased the levels of Hsp27, Hsp70, and Bcl2, and decreased Bax levels and NF-kappa B-binding activity in the brain tissues. Administration of Pam3CSK4 significantly increased the levels of phospho-Akt/Akt and phospho-GSK-3 beta/GSK-3 beta compared with untreated I/R mice. More significantly, either TLR2 deficiency or PI3K inhibition with LY29004 abolished the protection by Pam3CSK4. These data demonstrate that activation of TLR2 by its ligand prevents focal cerebral ischemic damage through a TLR2/PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism. Of greater significance, these data indicate that therapy with a TLR2-specific agonist during cerebral ischemia is effective in reducing injury. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 187: 1458-1466.
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